Mexico - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mexico was 32.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 41.53 in 1993, while its lowest value was 31.63 in 2017.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 38.39
1992 39.91
1993 41.53
1994 41.05
1995 40.84
1996 39.07
1997 41.47
1998 38.54
1999 38.05
2000 35.41
2001 35.74
2002 36.84
2003 37.46
2004 37.11
2005 35.41
2006 35.08
2007 35.22
2008 34.66
2009 35.16
2010 34.36
2011 34.70
2012 34.45
2013 33.70
2014 32.74
2015 32.91
2016 32.58
2017 31.63
2018 31.86
2019 32.80

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mexico was 31.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 47.07 in 1991, while its lowest value was 31.10 in 2016.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 47.07
1992 46.29
1993 46.17
1994 43.56
1995 41.84
1996 40.92
1997 41.10
1998 38.99
1999 38.37
2000 36.47
2001 36.95
2002 37.31
2003 37.05
2004 36.58
2005 35.69
2006 34.54
2007 33.98
2008 33.00
2009 33.81
2010 32.84
2011 33.04
2012 32.08
2013 32.44
2014 31.86
2015 31.59
2016 31.10
2017 31.35
2018 31.50
2019 31.43

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mexico was 31.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.75 in 1993, while its lowest value was 31.45 in 2017.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 44.51
1992 44.38
1993 44.75
1994 42.77
1995 41.52
1996 40.33
1997 41.22
1998 38.84
1999 38.27
2000 36.12
2001 36.55
2002 37.15
2003 37.19
2004 36.76
2005 35.59
2006 34.73
2007 34.43
2008 33.60
2009 34.31
2010 33.40
2011 33.65
2012 32.97
2013 32.92
2014 32.18
2015 32.08
2016 31.66
2017 31.45
2018 31.64
2019 31.95

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity